Confessions of the Dead: A Thriller [Paperback]

In this thrilling novel from the authors of the bestsellingDeath of the Black Widow, the police of a small New England town are confronted with a baffling series of crimes.

The dead tell no tales ... unless they swam in Cemetery Lake.

Hollows Bend, New Hampshire, is a picture-perfect New England town where weekend tourists flock to see fall leaves and eat breakfast at the Stairway Diner. The crime rate—zero—is a point of pride for Sheriff Ellie Pritchett.

The day the stranger shows up is when the trouble starts ...

The sheriff and her deputy investigate the mysterious teenage girl. None of the locals can place her. She can’t—or won’t—answer any questions. She won’t even tell them her name.

But while the girl is in protective custody, the officers are called to multiple crime scenes leading them closer and closer to a lake outside of town that doesn’t appear on any map.

James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. An Edgar, ten-time Emmy, and Literarian Awardwinning creator of countless beloved seriesincluding Alex Cross, the Womens Murder Club, and Maximum RidePatterson has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, Michael Crichton, and Viola Davis, as well as #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots,and Filthy Rich.

J. D. Barkeris the international bestselling author of numerous books, includingDraculandThe Fourth Monkey. His novels have been translated into two dozen languages and optioned for both film and television. Barker resides in coastal New Hampshire with his wife, Dayna, and their daughter, Ember.